Free Jazz Playlist

Free Jazz — Free jazz is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes.

🔒 The top 10 are this genre's must-play anthems — the biggest hits no DJ leaves out — so they stay pinned. Tap 🔀 and everything from #11 down refreshes into a fresh mix (from a pool of 95).

1. Eventually — Ornette Coleman
2. Lonely Woman — Ornette Coleman
3. Long Time No See — Ornette Coleman
4. Endangered Species — Ornette Coleman
5. R.P.D.D. — Ornette Coleman
6. Song X — Ornette Coleman
7. Trigonometry — Ornette Coleman
8. Proof Readers (Outake) [Bonus Track] — Ornette Coleman
9. Dancing in Your Head — Ornette Coleman Quartet
10. Jordan — Ornette Coleman Quartet
11. Sleep Talking — Ornette Coleman Quartet
12. Written Word — Ornette Coleman Quartet
13. My One And Only Love — John Coltrane
14. You Are Too Beautiful — John Coltrane
15. Equinox — John Coltrane
16. Blue Train — John Coltrane
17. A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm — John Coltrane
18. I'm Old Fashioned — John Coltrane
19. Violets For Your Furs — John Coltrane
20. Giant Steps — John Coltrane
21. You Don't Know What Love Is — John Coltrane Quartet
22. It's Easy To Remember — John Coltrane Quartet
23. Nancy (With The Laughing Face) — John Coltrane Quartet
24. Say It (Over And Over Again) — John Coltrane Quartet
25. Too Young To Go Steady — John Coltrane Quartet
26. Soul Eyes — John Coltrane Quartet
27. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise — John Coltrane Quartet
28. Lonnie's Lament — John Coltrane Quartet
29. Song of the Underground Railroad — The John Coltrane Quartet
30. Ghosts: First Variation — Albert Ayler
31. Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe — Albert Ayler
32. Love Cry — Albert Ayler
33. Ghosts — Albert Ayler
34. Untitled Duet — Albert Ayler
35. Message From Albert / New Grass — Albert Ayler
36. New Generation — Albert Ayler
37. Sun Watcher — Albert Ayler
38. Ghosts - First Variation — Albert Ayler Trio
39. The Wizard — Albert Ayler Trio
40. Ghosts - Second Variation — Albert Ayler Trio
41. Get Out of Town — Cecil Taylor
42. I Love Paris — Cecil Taylor
43. Love for Sale — Cecil Taylor
44. Little Lees — Cecil Taylor
45. Matie's Teophies — Cecil Taylor
46. Carol / Three Points — Cecil Taylor
47. Introduction to Z — Cecil Taylor
48. Pemmican — Cecil Taylor
49. Luyah! The Glorious Step — Cecil Taylor Quartet
50. Spring of Two Blue-Js -Part 1 (Live) — Cecil Taylor Unit
51. Logozo Scampers (Tortoise) — Cecil Taylor Feel Trio
52. Alumo — Cecil Taylor Feel Trio
53. Nona's Blues — Cecil Taylor Quartet
54. Double Clutching — Cecil Taylor Quintet
55. Outer Nothingness — Sun Ra
56. The Magic City — Sun Ra
57. Abstract Eye (a.k.a. Cosmic Eye) — Sun Ra
58. Tiny Pyramids — Sun Ra
59. Tapestry from an Asteroid — Sun Ra
60. Angels and Demons at Play — Sun Ra
61. The Shadow World — Sun Ra
62. Medicine for a Nightmare — Sun Ra
63. Satellites Are Spinning / Lights on a Satellite — Sun Ra Arkestra
64. Seductive Fantasy — Sun Ra Arkestra
65. Swirling — Sun Ra Arkestra
66. Sea of Darkness / Darkness — Sun Ra Arkestra
67. Astro Black — Sun Ra Arkestra
68. Infinity / I'll Wait for You — Sun Ra Arkestra
69. Unmask the Batman — Sun Ra Arkestra
70. Astral Traveling — Pharoah Sanders
71. Morning Prayer — Pharoah Sanders
72. Thembi — Pharoah Sanders
73. Africa — Pharoah Sanders
74. Love — Pharoah Sanders
75. Love Is Everywhere — Pharoah Sanders
76. Greetings to Idris — Pharoah Sanders
77. Japan — Pharoah Sanders
78. I Want To Talk About You — Pharoah Sanders Quartet
79. Moon Rays — Pharoah Sanders Quartet
80. Tokyo Blues — Pharoah Sanders Quartet
81. Greatest Love Of All — Pharoah Sanders Quartet
82. Welcome — Pharoah Sanders Quartet
83. Tina — Pharoah Sanders Quartet
84. It's Easy To Remember — Pharoah Sanders Quartet
85. Out To Lunch — Eric Dolphy
86. Straight Up And Down — Eric Dolphy
87. Something Sweet, Something Tender — Eric Dolphy
88. Gazzelloni — Eric Dolphy
89. Fire Waltz — Eric Dolphy
90. Hat And Beard — Eric Dolphy
91. Serene — Eric Dolphy
92. Oleo — Eric Dolphy With: McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman & Mel Lewis
93. Status Seeking — Eric Dolphy
94. The Way You Look Tonight — Eric Dolphy With: McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman & Mel Lewis
95. April Fool — Eric Dolphy Quintet

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